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1 The ound One of México: A Technical Approach Canadian Global Exploration Forum April 14th,

2 Index ound One General Map outheast Marine Basins hallow Water Exploration, 1st Bid Extraction, 2nd Bid Deepwater Perdido Area Deepwater outh Unconventionals Tampico-Misantla Basin Burro-Picachos Platform Bidding in the ound One Progress, 1st Bid & 2nd Bid 2

3 ound One General Map 100 0'0"W 95 0'0"W Coahuila Nuevo Leon Unconventionals Zacatecas Tamaulipas Perdido Area 25 0'0"N Deepwater outh Aguascalientes Jalisco Guanajuato Michoacan ± an Luis Potosi Queretaro Hidalgo Mexico Tlaxcala Distrito Federal Guerrero km '0"W Morelos Puebla Chicontepec Oaxaca Veracruz 95 0'0"W Tabasco Extra Heavy Oils Chiapas Campeche hallow Water 20 0'0"N Exploration Area Blocks (number) Total urface Area (km2) Identified prospects (number) Prospective esources* (MMboe) Perdido Area 11 3, ,591 Conventional Deepwater outh 17 9, ,222 hallow Water 14 4, Unconventional Burro-Picachos Tampico-Misantla 62 7,401-8,927 Total , ,586 Extraction Number of Fields 1P eserves 2P eserves 3P eserves API (average) hallow Water Extra-heavy oils , Onshore Total ,166 2, *The estimated volumes of prospective resources are risked and correspond to the P(mean) scenario (include a geological risk factor or chance of success). 3

4 outheast Marine Basins eservoirs are associated with structural, salt tectonics, stratigraphic and combined traps. 4

5 seg seg outheast Marine Basins 0 A A km Time (seg) 0 A A Tiempo (seg) 10 km Time (seg) 8 ± A A' ecent-pleistocene Upper Pliocene Middle Pliocene Lower Pliocene Upper Miocene Middle Miocene Lower Miocene Upper Oligocene Upper Eocene Upper Cretaceous Upper Jurassic Callovian alt Basement Main tructural tyles Normal faulting with rotated blocks (Late Miocene-Holocene) alt cored anticlines alt rollers and diapirs (Jurassic-Late Cretaceous) 5

6 Low Mid Jurasic Upper Cretaceous Paleogene Neogene outheast Marine Basins tratigraphy Depositional features Main fields OUTHEAT MAINE BAIN Holocene-Pleistocene Pliocene Miocene Oligocene Eocene Paleocene ands and sandstones amp, platform and slope (chanels and fans) Calcarenites Basin floor fans Tecoalli*, Amoca*, Miztón*, Akpul, Uchak Yaxche, Hokchi* Ku, Zaap, Cantarell 7 Established Plays Main, Breccia-Upper Cretaceous 1 Hypothetical Play Pre-Oxfordian Hydrocarbon types Heavy & light oil and gas Upper Calcareous breccia lope and basin Abkatun, Pol, Chuc, Caan, Batab, Homol, Etkal, Kuil,Chuhuk, Ichalkil*, Ayatsil, Tekel Middle Lower Fractured carbonates Basin Fractured carbonates Basin Yaxche, Xanab, Nak*, May, Tsimin, Xulum*, Bolontiku, inan, Citam, ikil, Yum, Cantarell, Ku, Maloob, Zaap *Fields in ound One, 2nd Bid Tithonian Kimmeridgian Oxfordian Callovian Bathonian Bajocian Aalenian Toarcian Pliensbachian A L T? Oolitic banks High energy inner ramp Eolian sands Beach and dunes Maloob, Zaap, Tson,Xanab, Xux, Tsimin, Kab, Bolontiku, Kix,Citam, inan, Ixtal, Manik, Onel, Pokoch*, Ichalkil*, Mison*, Och, Uech, Kax Hayabil, Ek-Balam-Lum Established play Hypothetical play eservoir eal ock ource 6

7 outheast Marine Basins Exploration Blocks 1st. Bid, Information in Data Packages 2D eismic 6 seismic surveys 5,825 km 53 seismic lines (including 3 regional transects) 3D eismic 7,484 km 2 of seismic coverage cutted from 11 seismic surveys Multiple versions of the seismic volumes, equivalent to 70 EGY seismic cubes 26 PTM 44PDM Velocity models in EGY format 32 Exploratory Wells 743 well logs 626 original 56 juctions 62 evaluations 3D seismic cut areas Almeja Cisne Bolol Norte de Bache Xulum CampoAyin Cequi tudies eports Geological Atlas Chuktah 2D seismic Coatzacoalcos_Frontera2D Marbella_Frontera2D Marbella_ubsalt2D anta Ana_2D Golfo_Profundo2D Tares_2D Transectos_2D Coatzacoalcos Holok Alvarado Le Acach Macuspana abon Grande OBC Tamil Tucoo Exploratory wells Exploratory areas 7

8 outheast Marine Basins Extraction Blocks 2nd. Bid, Information in Data Packages 3D eismic 562 km 2 of seismic coverage cutted from 7 seismic surveys Multiple versions of the seismic volumes, equivalent to 106 EGY seismic cubes 74 PTM 32 PDM Velocity models in EGY format 17 Wells, tudies and eports Field studies Production forecasts Core analysis Petrophysics Well logs Drilling reports Production tests PVT studies Fluid studies Well seismic Facilities Information & Geography Pipelines Production assets Wells Platforms 8

9 Perdido Area Tectónica Gravitational gravitacional and alt ytectonics salina Contractional regime Dominio Extensional de extensión regime Dominio de contracción Baha-1 N Vespa Great White-1 Hammerhead-1 Trion-1DL Maximino -1 Trion-1 7 Exploratus-1 upremus-1 Pep-1 - Tiger-1 Toledo U..A México Leyenda Paleogene istema ext extensional ensional Pal eógeno system Deep istemaext extensional ensionalsystem profundo (Neogene) (Neógeno) Cinturón Kama Foldbelt plegado Kama Diapiros, Diapirs, minibasins minicuencasand y pliegues folds Capas hallowde alloctonous sal alóctonasalt somera layers Cinturón ubsaline plegado Foldbelt subsalino Cinturón Perdido plegado FoldbeltPerdido Cinturón Periphereal plegado Foldbelt periférico istema Neogeneext extensional ensional Neógeno system istema elated ligado shallowsomero system 9 Pozo Wells Bloques 1 Blocks 1 11 Cordilleras Mexican idges Mexicanas Falla Normal normal Fault 0 50 km Falla Thrust inversa Fault Falla Lateral lateral Fault Pliegue Anticline ant iclinal 9

10 Perdido Area tructural style: Folding with NE-W orientation limited by reverse faults. Type of trap: Combined, with 4-way closure tructural style: Imbricated folds with shallow detachment radially to the allochthonous salt Type of trap: Combined, with 3-way closure and against fault tratigraphy tructural style: ubsaline folding with NE- W orientation limited by thrust faults. Type of trap: Combined, with 4-3 way and against fault Water column Pleistocene Pliocene Upper Miocene Middle Miocene Lower Miocene Oligocene Mobile clay Eocene Paleocene Cretaceous Jurassic alt Basement 10

11 tratigraphy Depositional features Perdido Area Perdido Area hale hale andstone and siltstone (Turbidites) andstone and siltstone (Turbidites) Fractured carbonates Argillaceous limestones hale Argillaceous limestones hale Fractured carbonates Argillaceous limestones 3 Established Plays Paleocene, Eocene & Oligocene 4 Hypothetical Play Miocene, Paleocene,Upper & Lower Cretaceous Hydrocarbon types Light oil and gas U.. Analogs: Baha-1, Tiber-1 Established play Hypothetical play eservoir eal ource ock 11

12 Deepwater outh eservoirs are structurally related with two main domains in deepwater GOM; contractional regime of Mexican idges and deformation of aline Basin Contractional ystem of Mexican idges Catemaco Fold Belt alt Tectonics 12

13 Deepwater outh Mexican idges contractional system Abyssal plain km 0 A A 18 Mexican idges aline Basin km 0 B B Mexican idges tructural egime Gravitational Tectonics elated extentional-contractional system tructural tyles Asymmetrical anticlines parallel to shoreline Eocene detachment folds aline Basin tructural regime Contractional-extensional alt Tectonics tructural tyles Fault-bend folds and trhust folds alt intrusions and diapirs hallow allochtonous salt bodies. 13

14 JUAIC CETACEOU T E T I A Y UPPE tratigraphy Depositional features Deepwater outh Main Discoveries PLEITOCENE UPP. PLIOCENE MID. LOW. UPP.? Established Play eal ock Basin and slope sandstone (Turbidites) Neogene Play Tabscoob MIOCENE MID. LOW. Established Play Basin and slope sandstone (Turbidites) Lalail Labay, Lakach, Leek, Noxal Tabscoob, Piklis, Kunah OLIGOCENE eal ock Paleogene Play EOCENE?? Hypothetical Play Basin and slope sandstone (Turbidites) PALEOCENE eal ock UPPE MIDDLE Established Play Established Play Mesozoic Play Breccias Fractured carbonates Nab Tamil LOWE TITHONIAN KIMMEIDGIAN OXFODIAN MID CALLOVIAN?? eal ock ource ock? Hypothetical Play ource ock Hypothetical Play? High energy Carbonated banks Eolian sands Established play Hypothetical play eservoir eal ock ource 14

15 Jurásico uperior Cretácico uperior Terciario Unconventionals Unconv. Petroleum ystems of Mexico 1 Upper Jurassic Pimienta-La Casita (!) 2 Upper Cretaceous Eagle Ford Agua Nueva (.) Tampico-Misantla Basin Brurro-Picachos Platform II II III IV abinas Burro-Picachos Burgos Tampico-Misantla Plataforma Burro Picachos II I abinas Turoniano Cenomaniano Eagle Ford Eagle Ford Agua Nueva Agua Nueva Burgos III Cretácico Inferior Zonas prospectivas IV Tampico-Misantla Tithoniano Kimmeridgiano Oxfordian Calloviano La Casita Pimienta istemas Unconventional Petroleros Petroleum No Convencionales ystems Jurásico uperior Pimienta La Casita (!) Upper Jurassic Pimienta - La Casita (!) Cretácico Upper Cretaceous uperior Eagle Eagle Ford Ford-Agua Nueva (!)(.) Productos Products Pre-Mesozóico Gas Gas y & aceite Oil Aceite Oil 15

16 km Unconventionals, Tampico-Misantla Basin Tectonic element tructural elements Deformation age Thickness (km) Tampico- Misantla Basin Compressive - wide anticlines Paleogene > 6 C C C Tampico-Misantla Basin Tuxpan platform Extensional zone of Gulf of Mexico Paleogene Neogene Upper Cretaceous Middle-Lower Cretaceous Upper Jurasic Middle Jurasic Basement C

17 Tampico-Misantla 17

18 Unconventionals, Burro-Picachos Platform Basin Tectonic Element tructural Elements Deformation Age Thickness (km) Burro- Picachos Plataform/ amp Compressive Wide anticlinals, homoclinal Paleogene > 5 A A Km 0 A abinas Burro-Picachos A K.Eagle Ford J. La Casita Basement 18

19 Burro-Picachos Platform 19

20 First Bidding Process Progress 20

21 econd Bidding Process Progress 21

22 For more information please visit: Christian Moya Potential Evaluation Director, CNH 22

23 Bidding Process 23

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